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Proposed Cluster of ExcellenceREASONS River ecosystems in the Anthropocene
The UDEs and its partner universities’ excellent water research has prevailed in the first round of the two-stage competition as part of the Excellence Strategy from the federal and state governments with the research project ‘REASONS – river ecosystems in the anthropocene, sustainable scientific solutions’.
The interdisciplinary research team of the proposed Cluster of Excellence REASONS develop a concept for the management of freshwater ecosystems to ensure their resilience for future challenges such as climate change.
Announcements & Events
March 22, 2024 World Water Day
World Water Day celebration adressing the importance of water as a resource - networking & information - join us!
April 4, 2024 ZWU Water Café
Every first Thursday of the month at the "Brücke" in Essen - Exchange & networking & getting to know each other
June 24. - 28., 2024 19th IWA Leading Edge Conference on Water and Wastewater Technologies
Conference by the International Water Association (IWA) supported by the ZWU
News
March 2024 Award for Prof. Corina Andronescu
Professor Dr. Corina Andronescu receives the Carl Duisberg Memorial Prize this year. With this award, the German Chemical Society honors the 37-year-old scientist from the University of Duisburg-Essen for her impressive and comprehensive work in the field of technical chemistry.
March 2024 Nature Water publication on water pollution
An international research team with the participation of scientists from the IAC has summarized how contamination can be discovered using substance-specific isotope analysis and then better eliminated. Nature Water published the results: Nature Water.
March 2024 UDE coordinates international 2-million-EUR-project
The research project "DNAquaIMG: Innovative transnational aquatic biodiversity monitoring" by the working group led by Prof Florian Leese at the University of Duisburg-Essen contributes to a better understanding of biodiversity change in Europe and sets new impulses with its international appeal.
February 2024 Water Science Alliance under New Leadership
Under the leadership of the newly elected co-chairs, Prof. Dr. Martina Flörke (RUB) and Prof. Dr. Florian Leese (UDE), the German Water Research Alliance has secured a funding of 100,000 euros for the support of young researchers from the Bernhard and Ursula Plettner-Foundation.
February 2024 Minister Brandes inaugurates FutureLab.NRW
A digital model laboratory for the analytics of the future: On February 19th, NRW Minister for Culture and Science Ina Brandes inauguratet the FutureLab.NRW at the Institute for Environment and Energy, Technology and Analytics in front of over 100 guests from business and science.
February 2024 MERCUR funding for Junior Professor Dr. Anzhela Galstyan
The project: "Development of new photosensitisers for photocatalytic disinfection" by Junior Professor Dr. Anzhela Galstyan and Dr. Johannes Karges is funded by MERCUR. The chemists want to contribute to combating the spread of antibiotic resistance.
February 2024 Natural Water to Hydrogen Kickoff
The kick-off event on February 5, 2024 marked the start of the “Natural Water to Hydrogen” project.
Looking forward to to seeing the results and impact the project will have!
News from the network More ZWU News
Here you can find more news from the ZWU network from 2023 and previous years.
The strategic research area coordinated by the ZWU
One of the greatest challenges for the 21st century is to ensure the sustainable use of the global resource water. The strategic research area "water research" established by the University of Duisburg-Essen and headed by the Centre for Water and Environmental Research (ZWU) is dedicated to adress the growing challenges.
The FutureWaterCampus
The FuturewaterCampus (FWC) promotes the development and expansion of research infrastructure in the fields of membrane, algae and photocatalysis research.
German Society for Membrane Technology (DGMT) e.V.
The office of the German Society for Membrane Technology (DGMT) e.V. is located at the ZWU. For more information on the DGMT please visit the DGMT website.
Water Science Alliance (WSA) e.V.
The office of the Water Science Alliance (WSA) e.V. is located at the ZWU. For more information on the WSA please visit the WSA website.